July 25, 2025

Spontaneous Urticaria Carries Greater Burden, Costs

Researchers assess how disease type, comorbidities, and treatment knowledge shape clinical outcomes and healthcare use in patients with chronic urticaria.

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July 24, 2025

Penicillin Allergy Label? Or Antibiotic Overuse?

Structured testing in primary care boosted penicillin prescribing fivefold, lowered overall antibiotic use, and proved cost-effective.

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July 24, 2025

Maternal RSV Vaccine Shows 72% Effectiveness

Following national rollout, UK data provide early post-licensure evidence supporting maternal RSV vaccination as a real-world strategy to lower infant hospital admissions.

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July 24, 2025

HHS Ends Thimerosal Use in Flu Vaccines

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has adopted a CDC advisory panel recommendation to remove thimerosal from all influenza vaccines, transitioning entirely to mercury-free, single-dose formulations.

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July 23, 2025

IDSA Issues Stratified Antibiotic Approach for complicated UTIs

New recommendations outline a stratified antibiotic treatment for complicated urinary tract infections, including shorter durations, oral transition timing, and tailored empiric choices based on illness severity and resistance risks.

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July 21, 2025

Sharp Rise in Fentanyl Overdoses During Pandemic

From 2019 to 2021, U.S. emergency departments saw a 125.4% rise in synthetic opioid overdoses, highlighting shifting trends in hospital use related to opioids during and before the COVID-19 pandemic.

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July 21, 2025

Tracking Meningitis, From Days to Years

Patients from the MeninGene study contributed serum samples over 5 years, revealing that autoimmune processes rarely drive long-term cognitive problems after bacterial meningitis.

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July 17, 2025

FDA Approves Shingrix Prefilled Syringe Option

The FDA has approved a new prefilled syringe presentation of Shingrix to simplify herpes zoster vaccination for eligible adult patients.

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July 17, 2025

Vapes Outperform Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Cessation Trial

Researchers found vaporized nicotine products more effective than nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation among socioeconomically disadvantaged adults.

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